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The WHOLE idea of "games" evolved over the eons as a safe way to release violent and competitve tendencies without actually killing or maiming your opponent. From kids playing tag, cops & robbers, and dueling with wooden swords, to Roman troops carrying on "Bloodless Battles" in preparation for "Bloody Drills" (war), games and play have been a safe outlet for people.

Where and when my parents lived, small towns in the 50's and 60's, it was perfectly acceptable to bring a rifle or shotgun to school (left in the car) to go hunting after classes were out. When I went to school in the 80's there wasn't a passing thought given to the idea that someone might kill anyone at school, much less try to kill the entire student body. There were policies of expulsion for drugs and weapons, but those things didn't occur often.

Now, we have an environment where small children apparrently aren't allowed to even think about any violent act, yet we currently have some of the most deranged violent youth in history. Maybe there's a lesson there that we're barking up the wrong trees with regard to how we're attempting to remedy the problems.

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I agree with you. But it's the result of a culture that is filled with fear while simultaneously fearmongering because it's profitable. Add to that the distaste for in-depth analysis of anything and this is what you get.